Breakthrough lens tech to improve future headsets

August 10, 2017

Another Kickstarter project two years ago made way for VR company Wearality to create a unique Fresnal lens for VR headsets featuring 150 degree field of view. Flash forward to August, 2017, and Wearality’s new and improved lens may prove to be the solution for which suppliers have been searching–a lens thinner than a quarter. Rather than bearing the burden of heavy VR headsets and having to view images far from the screen, users could wear a headset the size of ski goggles, requiring only a finger’s thickness of distance between the lens and the screen. Industry leaders expect to see next gen headsets continue to slim down.